Christopher Blankenship

Christopher Blankenship has a diverse work experience in the field of information technology. Christopher started their career at Web.com in 1999 and held various roles such as Technical Support Specialist, Custom Website Designer, and Linux & Windows Server Administrator. In 2010, they worked as a Software Engineer at Mediware Information Systems. Christopher then joined Web.com again in 2011 as a Software Development Engineer. In 2015, they transitioned to NASCENT Technology where they worked as a React Native Mobile Application Developer. Christopher gained experience in React Native, Redux, Java, PHP, and API development. In 2018, they returned to Florida Blue and worked as an IT Developer and later as a Front End Developer Team Lead. Christopher also worked at Modis (Remprex) as a Javascript Developer, specializing in React and Node. In 2019, they joined Availity as a Software Engineer III, focusing on front-end and back-end development using Java, Angular, React, and Oracle. In 2022, they moved to Collinear Group as a Senior Full Stack Engineer, before joining Florida Blue again in 2023 as a Senior IT Developer and Front End Developer Team Lead. Overall, Christopher has extensive experience in front-end and back-end development using a range of technologies and has held leadership positions within development teams.

Christopher Blankenship completed a vocational degree in Networking Technologies at ACT Advanced Career Training in 1999. In addition to their formal education, they obtained several certifications, including Gradle Fundamentals and Spring Boot For Beginners from Udemy in July 2021. Furthermore, they achieved certifications in Amazon Web Services: Enterprise Security, Amazon Web Services: High Availability, Amazon Web Services for Architects Essential Training (2017), and Learning Cloud Computing: Cloud Storage from LinkedIn in 2019. Christopher also earned certifications in various programming languages and frameworks, such as Learn Redis from Scratch, Modern React with Redux, Learn Webpack 2 from scratch, Angular CLI - Mastering the Basics, MongoDB Essentials - Understand the Basics of MongoDB, Game Development Crash Course w/Corona SDK: You Can Do It!, The Complete React Native and Redux Course, Build Apps with React Native, Elixir for Beginners, Erlang Programming for Beginners, Google Go Programming for Beginners (golang), Build Web Apps Using EmberJS: The Complete Course, and C Programming For Beginners from Udemy between 2016 and 2018. Additionally, Christopher holds a PADI Open Water Diver certification obtained in July 2017.